Music, Drama, and Mount Everest!

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QUENCH! on Saturday, April 25. Desserts served at 7 with concert at 7:30 pm.

Do these songs make you wanna put on your boogie shoes? Black Velvet, Brown Eyed Girl, Gimme Three Steps, Proud Mary, Margaritaville, Pretty Woman, Sweet Home Alabama? If so, come on our this Saturday, April 25 when Trinity Stage will be rockin' to the sounds of Quench, a local rock 'n roll cover band. 

On Friday, May 1, at 7:30 pm we present an Organ Recital by Jacob Street in the sanctuary. Organist and harpsichordist Jacob Street performs extensively throughout New England as a solo recitalist and continuo player. A graduate of Holy Cross College and Oberlin Conservatory, Mr. Street is currently pursuing a Master’s in Organ from Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music. In 2013, he traveled to Lubeck, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, studying on the many historical instruments there and giving recitals throughout northern Germany. He has performed across Europe and the United States, including in Tallinn, Estonia; Toronto, Ontario; and in concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

EVEREST!

This year, St. Paul’s Vacation Bible School will be chilling out! The theme is Everest! Dates are June 22 through 26, 9 am through 12:30 pm. Worship and singing will start off each day in the sanctuary. The children will then travel through the day to the Imagination Station, have Glacier Games, enjoy kidvid cinema, and Bible Expeditions as well as Cool Crafts. They will learn that God has the power to provide, to comfort, to heal, to forgive, and to love us forever. Registration forms are on the display in the atrium by the Creation Garden and on our website under resources/forms. Deadline for registrations is June 1.

St. Paul’s Musical Theater Summer Camp -- July 26 - August 1

Know a teenager that enjoys performing? Then send them our way!! St. Paul’s is excited to announce its first ever musical theater summer camp, for rising 7th - 10th grade students. Campers will learn and perform in a production of “Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway” at the end of the week. Join us for a week of acting, singing and dancing that’s sure to be memorable and fun filled! We are nearing the date for early registration.  We need some guys for parts! For registration and more information, contact Vicar Daniel Locke.

March

LENT...

Each Wednesday during Lent (February 25, March 4, 11, 18, and 25) we have the following opportunities to meditate, attend worship, or intentional prayer time as well as share in food and fellowship:

• 12:00 pm Quiet Communion
• 6:00 pm Lenten Suppers
• 7:00 pm Lenten Worship 

What is Quiet Communion? It is a service with spoken confession, reflection on the readings, Apostles' Creed, and Holy Communion. 
Evening Lenten Worship uses the worship setting "That You May Have Life" which includes Holy Communion from the worship setting "Unfailing Light", a liturgy for Lent created by Marty Haugen and Susan Briehl which we have used previously.
Lenten Suppers are open to all and usually are simple meals, served from 6:00-7:00 pm. 

The Way of the Cross has always been a powerful part of the Christian Faith tradition. The early practice of Christians attempting to retrace and walk the path of Jesus has been a treasured way to commemorate the Passion and Death of Christ. The Stations presented in our sanctuary during Lent are original art by Nicholas Markell. It has been interpreted through the work of our Arts Committee and the work of Barbara Williams Ellertson. You are encouraged to find the time to come and meditate on the imagery and the Biblical texts. A booklet entitled Biblical Way of the Cross by David Haas is available to guide your meditation. These may be found on the usher table in the foyer. Please use the booklets for meditation and leave for the next person to use.

Hope College Chapel Choir will be at St. Paul's on Sunday, March 15 with a concert at 5:00 pm. Hope College is located in Holland, Michigan, and it has a strong choir program dating to 1938. Its 40 auditioned choristers tour extensively in the United States and Canada and have traveled abroad on seven occasions. The choir performs in the annual Hope College Christmas Vespers program, which is broadcast throughout the US on PBS Television and National Public Radio. The program is open to the public and we invite you to our beautiful sanctuary.

"Miserere" -- Another opportunity to enjoy music at St. Paul's will come on Friday, March 27 when we feature El Fuego Early Music Ensemble. There will be a 7 pm pre-concert lecture in Trinity Hall followed by an 8 pm concert in the sanctuary. This Lenten theme concert, titled "Miserere," features sacred cantatas of the Spanish Baroque by Jose de Nebra (1692-1768) and Juan Manuel de la Puente (1692-1753). The leader of the El Fuego ensemble, Salome Sandoval, is a Venezuelan native who established the group in Boston and moved to Durham in 2014. Members of the new, Durham-based El Fuego Early Music Ensemble include Allison Willet and Matvey Lapin, baroque violins, and Jacqueline Nappi, organ and harpsichord.

Have Books? During March, the preschool is collecting new and gently used children's books for Book Harvest, a local non-profit that gives books to children in need. Since 2011, they have given over 160,000 donated books to low-income children. Books open a world of discovery and learning for children. Donations bins are upstairs and downstairs. 

Interested in Membership at St. Paul's? Pastor Scott Anderson will meet with all who are interested and those who have questions -- Sunday, March 15 at 9:45 in the conference room.

CROP Hunger Walk takes place on Sunday, March 22, stepping off at 2:30 pm from the front of Duke Chapel. This is an 8K (4.8 miles) walk. Register now to walk or donate to those who are walking. Stop by the table in the foyer any Sunday until then.

This Summer St. Paul's Musical Theater Summer Camp will make its debut! Dates are July 26 - August 1. We are looking for rising 7th-10th grade students to participate in our first musical production of "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway". Join us for a week of acting, singing and dancing that's sure to be memorable and fun filled! Know a teenager that enjoys performing? Then send them our way!!!
Contact Vicar Daniel Locke for registration and more information.